Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae
Synonym: Palaeopontosphaera Noël 1965
Parent taxon: Biscutaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Boletuvelum, Crucibiscutum, Discorhabdus, Gaarderella, Gephyrobiscutum, Seribiscutum, Similiscutum, Sollasites
Subtaxa: Biscutum arrogans Biscutum boletum Biscutum constans Biscutum coronum Biscutum dekaenelii Biscutum depravatus Biscutum dissimilis Biscutum dorsetensis Biscutum dubium Biscutum ellipticum Biscutum erismatum Biscutum finchii Biscutum gaultensis Biscutum grande Biscutum harrisonii Biscutum intermedium Biscutum magnum Biscutum melaniae Biscutum notaculum Biscutum novum Biscutum planum Biscutum thurowii Biscutum virginica Biscutum zulloi
Type: Discolithus constans
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Canada (5: Alberta), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (88)
Total: 103 collections including 179 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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